The Irish News - Friday March 26 2010:
Lennon and Mjallby step in as Celtic start search for a new manager
He may be just a stop-gap option, but interim Celtic manager Neil Lennon has move quickly by appointing former Parkhead favourite John Mjallby as his assistant.
And the Swede has immediately identified the areas he and his former team-mate must focus on in the wake of Tony Mowbray's departure yesterday.
“There are high demands, but you know that when you sign,” said Mjallby.
“For us, it's about getting the pride back and to start winning.
“The players haven't turned bad overnight. The capacity is still there, but now it's up to them to show it.”
Lennon and Mjallby will take control of the first team until the end of season but it remains to be seen who the Celtic board will set their sights on in the long term to follow Mowbray's ill-fated nine-month stint.
Mark Hughes is available and some sources have said he would be keen on the job, although Hughes may decide to wait for the inevitable vacancy to pop up in the English Premiership.
While Lennon will be as unhappy as anyone connected with the Glasgow club at the turn of events which led to his sudden elevation, he will no doubt make the most of his opportunity
** Tommy Bowe was yesterday named as the RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship.
Bowe polled nearly 50 per cent of the votes cast and comfortably beat four of France's Grand Slam-winning team to the award.
French number eight Imanol Harinordoquy was second with 20.9 per cent and scrum-half Morgan Parra third with 11.5 per cent of the vote. Bowe scored three tries in what was an ultimately disappointing campaign for defending champions Ireland.
The shortlist of six nominees also featured France captain Thierry Dusautoir, Les Bleus centre Mathieu Bastareaud and Wales wing Shane Williams
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ON THIS DAY IN SPORT- 1863
The first steeplechase under National Hunt rules took place at Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
- 1927
Ferdinando Minoia and Giuseppe Morandi, driving an OM, won the inaugural Mille Miglia. The race, from Brescia to Rome and back, was the most famous long-distance race of its time.
- 1959
Mushtaq Mohammad, aged 15 years and 124 days, made his Test cricket debut for Pakistan against the West Indies at Lahore. He was the youngest person to play Test cricket, a record that stood until 1996.
- 2002
Kenneth Wolstenholme's death was announced. The 81-year-old was fondly remembered for his "They think it's all over - it is now" line of commentary in the 1966 World Cup final.
- 2007
Then Leeds Rhinos coach Tony Smith was appointed in charge of Great Britain rugby league.
- 2008
David Beckham won his 100th England cap in a 1-0 international friendly defeat to France in Paris.
- 2009
Former world number one Kim Clijsters announced she would come out of retirement and return to playing on the WTA Tour.
- 2016
Kell Brook retained his IBF welterweight title by beating Kevin Bizier inside two rounds at the Sheffield Arena.
- 2017
Holland sacked coach Danny Blind a day after losing 2-0 to Bulgaria in their World Cup qualifier in Sofia.
- 2018
Steve Smith stood down as captain of the Rajasthan Royals over the ball-tampering row.
- 2019
Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor announced his retirement from the sport. He later returned to the octagon.
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MAKING THE NEWS HEADLINES- A £16 Million grant has been awarded to the University of Ulster to help its planned expansion of its Belfast campus.
- Employment and learning minister Sir Reg Empey last night announced the support for the £250m development in the cathedral quarter.
- The University of Ulster (UU) has proposed transferring most courses from Jordanstown to its Belfast ‘art college' campus.
- The plans would see UU student numbers in the city centre rise from 2,000 to 13,000.
- 1707: The Acts of Union became law, making England and Scotland one country.
- 1780: The British Gazette And Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain, was published.
- 1827: Famously deaf composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, aged 57. His last words were reputedly: "I shall hear in Heaven."
- 1937: Popeye the sailor-man became the first cartoon character to have his statue erected - by spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas.
- 1981: The so-called Gang of Four (Roy Jenkins, David Owen, William Rodgers and Shirley Williams) launched the Social Democratic Party.
- 1992: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was jailed after being found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct.
- 1997: The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult were found after a mass suicide - they believed they would join aliens following the Hale Bopp comet.
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